This Day in History
07 May 1274
2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens convened by Pope Gregory X
07 May 1355
1200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara
07 May 1416
Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay
07 May 1624
Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima Peru
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Ottawa Chief Pontiac’s Rebellion against the British begins
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Lusitania sinks
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French defeated at Dien Bien Phu
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Edvard Munch’s The Scream recovered after theft
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German submarine sinks Lusitania
The earlier German attacks on merchant ships off the south coast of Ireland prompted the British Admiralty to warn the Lusitania to avoid the area or take simpl...
French fall to Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu
Dien Bien Phu falls to the Viet Minh. In March a force of 40000 Viet Minh troops with heavy artillery had surrounded 15000 French soldiers holding the Frenc...
Reggie Miller leads Pacers to shocking comeback victory over Knicks
Indiana Pacers guard Reggie Miller scores eight points in 11 seconds to lead his team over the New York Knicks 107-105 on this day in 1995. Miller was famous th...
George Washington attends inaugural ball
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Legendary actor Gary Cooper is born
Gary Cooper the star of High Noon and other classic Westerns is born in Helena Montana.Born Frank James Cooper he was the son of well-to-do lawyer who event...
Poet Robert Browning is born
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Gary Cooper born
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Mount Pelée erupts, burying Caribbean city
On this day in 1902 Martiniques Mount Pele begins the deadliest volcanic eruption of the 20th century. The following day the city of Saint Pierre wh...
Serial killer H.H. Holmes is hanged in Philadelphia
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General Grant refuses to turn back after bruising battle in Battle of the Wilderness
Following two days of intense fighting in Virginias Wilderness forest the Army of the Potomac under the command of Union General Ulysses S. Grant mov...
Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the USSR
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